Nice to see this teenager have a run out today. With a bit of guidance and development we'll be able to sell him on a for a tidy profit to a midtable team.
With him and Theo Walcott on the rise, the future is very bright.
Nice to see this teenager have a run out today. With a bit of guidance and development we'll be able to sell him on a for a tidy profit to a midtable team.
Average first half, bright second half. Responsible for almost every decent attacking thing we need and that’s pretty much a fact.
If you’ve come in here to blame him for this result then you need to take a look at yourself tbh. Saka is our starting RW anyway so why are you all so pressed?
Honestly confused what people see in him, or why there is such an obsession with making excuses for him.
He's just not that good.
Honestly confused what people see in him, or why there is such an obsession with making excuses for him.
He's just not that good.
What I learnt on this forum is that I shouldn’t have any standards for Pepe, shouldn’t expect him to perform better than Saka, be happy he’s on the bench, 72m transfer doesn’t mean you have to perform and that nothing is ever his fault.
Please show me one post that attacks Saka to compliment Pepe?The crazy thing is that most will actually start attacking Saka like he ain't even all that, but will make every excuse known to man for Pepe. Is it just because of his price-tag? Saw the same thing for years with Xhaka and Özil. It's like some are more fans of certain players than the club or just trying to be contrarian.
Maybe in exchange for Zaha?Needs a loan to a team like Palace.
These two posts did make me LOLPepe wandering around eyeing up his next target for a headbutt probably.
tbf you're all related up there, aren't youI'm actually related to Rúnarsson and I don't care about him at all.
He's not got the swagger because he knows he's fraudulentThis is probably not good ‘analysis’ but something Pepe has never had which I thought he’d have in abundance since he arrived is swag/arrogance or something similar. I really think that’s what’s hindered him here. The confidence to wear his price tag & just play his game. He played OK today but he just misses a spark or something I can’t quite explain it. He looks like he’s concentrating too hard on what he wants to do & before he can decide he’s dispossessed... he makes things happen & draws fouls etc but the dribbling stresses me out..
His pace, dribbling, crossing and free-kick taking skills are evident. Those things indicate potential for end-product. He was an end-product machine at Lille, hence the belief in his potential.
Who has done that on here? Of those that have defended Pepe, who has attacked Saka? Examples pleaseThe crazy thing is that most will actually start attacking Saka like he ain't even all that, but will make every excuse known to man for Pepe. Is it just because of his price-tag? Saw the same thing for years with Xhaka and Özil. It's like some are more fans of certain players than the club or just trying to be contrarian.
Optimism biasHonestly confused what people see in him, or why there is such an obsession with making excuses for him.
He's just not that good.